Change-gear-operating mechanism.



G. A. EDDY. CHANGE GEAR OPERATING MEGHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. X2. 1910. s 1,002,503. Patented Sept. 5,1911.. a BHESTB-BHBM 1. l

G. A. EDDY. CHANGE GEAR `OPERATING MBGHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12. 1910. 1,002,503 Patented Sept. 5, 1911 a sums-sum1' I ,76 's 6J' Z i Q52 x P 1 55 a, i d@ .3 Q20 2e G. A. EDDY. n CHANGE :EAR OPERATING MEGANISM. APPLIG'ATIOH FILED un. 12. 1910.

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.the change gear lever,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

GEB-ALD A. EDDY. OF LOS ANGELES. GALIFOBNIA, ASSIGNGB. 0F ONE-HALF T0 EDGAR BELK, OF L08 ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CHANGE-GEAB-OPEBATING MECHANISH.

ipectcatimi et Letter: Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

Lwltoaok #ted I -zxiiw 12, 191.0. Serial. No. 537,718.

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Be it. known that l., (Main A.. Eoin', :i citizen of the United States, residing at. Los Angeles in the county of Los Angeles und. State of California, have invented new und useful Improvements in Chnngesifiearperating Mechanisms, of which the following is a s iication.

This invention relates to u mechanism adapted for shiftin the goers in the change gear mechanism o' an ,automobile and for simultaneously operating the clutch connor-.ti ing the motor with the change gear medianisin.

One of the main objects of my invention consists in the direct connection of the clutch operating mechanism with the change gear mechanism in such a manner that the clutch is always disconnected lWhile a chan e of gearing is in prepress; and, secondari y, in the automatic re easing of this connection after the gea-rs have been set, the ears remnning in their set position while t ie ciutch is again closed.

Another of the objects is to provide means for normally locking the change gear Imechanism in position, only to be unlocked after the clutch operating mechanism has been nioved to operi the clutch, a further movement unlockin and moving tl'ie change gear mechanism. lius the clutch and gears are o rated through the same means, but the c utch may he operated independently of the cars while the gears cannot be changed uness the clutch is first opened.

Other objects of minor importance will appear in the following description of the mechanism.

The preferred form of 'the mechanism as madeat the .present time broadly comprises a change gea-r lever which moves over-a sectoi. A lookin pin is provided on the lever and is norma y spring ressed into apex tures in the sector, thus ocking the change gear lever in aA stationary position. `There are as many of these apertures as .there are neccessary positions of the chan e-gear lever. The clutch lever is Anormally in ependent of only being connected to it through certain portions of its move ment.A The same .locking pin which secures the change gear lever to the sector locks the change gear lever to .the clutch lever, there emeans on the clutch lever for forcing W .thve'pin out of the sector and into an aper- `Lever 19 is mounted on a sha I ture on the' clutch lever when the clutchlever reaches the appropriate position traveling in one. given direction.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is en elevation showing the application of my improved mechanism to u motor car. Fig. 2 is, an enlar 1red side elevation of the mechanism itself. iig. 8 is an end elevation of the saine. Fi 4 is an, enlarged cross section taken on line 4*#1 of Fig. 2. Fi 5 ia a c ross section taken on line 5-5 of ig. 3. Fig. 6.18 a view showing n typical set of transmission gears as operated by my mech-l anism.

In the drawings 1() designates the engine shaft'of an automobile, carrying one merriber 12 of clutch 18. The other member 14 is lcarried by transmission shaft 11 assing to a. transmission mechanism situated) inside of casing.15 and consisting of a combination of change speedgears as illustrated in Fig. 6. Rods 16 and 17 operate the change speed gears'in any of 'the usual manners, it being suijcientfor the purposes of this specification to state that the arms are reciprocated to eect the desired end.

Connected with shaft l1 by a yoke and collar arrangement 18 at its lower end, is a lever 19, designated throughout this specifi' 'mally holds the lever in the position illustrated and also holds clutch 13 closed. The mechanism is so proportioned that a small movement of the upper end of the clutch lever toward the left from the position shown in Fig. 1 -will open the clutch, breaking the driving connection between the engine and the transmission. Lever.19 is preferably o rated by means of Va foot pedal 21, this being the most convenient, ut not the only method, of o 'rating it. 22 which connected to a sector 23, either is rigidly shaft, or both, beingmountpd the'sector or upon In this case the sector 4by a bracket 25. Lever 19 is mounted on the shaft in such a position as to swing along one side of the sector. `.Adjacent the other side o; the sector a second lever 26, hereinafter known as the chan e gear lever, isl

mounted on shaft 22. e upper curved surface27 of sector 23 isgrooved and a block 2 carried vbyithefiippex' and of die change gear lever, osqillatesinthsfgroove.

underframing 24 of the automobile.'-104 is shown :is supportedlua ' there.

Alongside of lever 26 are levers 29 and 30, one. `of these levers being shorter than the other end the longer one provided with a recessed ovcrhanging end 31. the shorter lever is also recessed as at 32, the recesses on both levers being for engagement with in 33. Pin 33 is mounted on a rod 34 passing longitudinally along lever 26 and connecting atl itsinner or lower end with a yoke frame 34 which carries a curved member 35 .on its lower end. This curved member is arran ed eonoentrically around the center of sha At 22. Foot lever 36 is connected to member 35 by a link 37. A spring 38' holds the foot lever and connected mechanisms in the position shown. Mouiitedon 40 which is adapted 42 on the face of the sector. These slotsare rod 34 on the side opposite pin 33 is a pin' to movin slots 4 1 and.

separated by a wall 43 having an aperture.

44 at its center, .through Vwhich'aperture pin 40 may pass from one slot to the other. If the pin is in the lower slot, spring 38 will normally force it into the u per slot upon passage of opening 44. If oot lever 36 is pressed toward the left in Fig. I, the pin will be carried into the lower slot and kept o'levers 29 and 30 are` so arranged that when pin 40 rides in the upper slot, in 33 will engage with the recessed end o lever 30 5 when pin 40 rides in the lower slot, pin 33 will engage with the recessed end oflever 29. Pin33 always passesfrom engagement with onelever to engagement with the other at the point where it passesthrougli wall 43, leaving the'rst'lever always in a 'posi- .tion opposite the central opening in the wall where it will be enga ed by the' ign upon its next passage throng fthe wall. y th'is means it is provided that either. of levers 29 and30 may be moved in either direction at the will of the o erator.

InvFig. 6 I have illustrated a cha e gear` mechanism n of typical design. The rivi shaft 11 .carries two sliding rs 150 aii 155, movable-through the m ium of yokes 160 and 161 mounted on rods 16 and 17 respectively." with gears 152; 'gear 150 being alsoadapted to me'sh tershaft, this double gear drive providing for the reverse. The gears are of such relative diameters that -the following described intermesh'ings will cause comparatively slow or medium speed of rotation of shaft 163.4

The high speed is rovided for by the direct meshing of the ha ves of clutch 157, one half eing mounted on gear 155 and the other on shaft'163. Countershaft 152 isconnected to shaft 163 through intermeshing' gears 164 -and 165. y

'In the device as now made, and referring more particularly to Figa. 2 and 6, the move- The end of lThe positions of.the recessed endsI These gears are adapted to mesh -151 and 1561 on the eounterahaft' 'be with gear.153 driving gear 154 on the coun-- ment of hook ment of pin 40 to the left end of slot 42 will move lever 29 to a position to connect the low gears in the transmission; moving rod 16 to the right and meshing gears 150. and 151 on shaft 1.1 and Colintershaft 152, respectively; throwing the pin to the right hand end of this slot anl thereby throwing lever 29 to the right, will throw. in the reverse,' moving rod 16 to the leftI and meshing gears 150 and 153, gear 153 driving gear 154 on eountershaft 152'; allowing the in to pass upwardly through the slot dividing wall into the light hand end of alot 41, andthereby moving lever 30 to. the right, will throw in the interniediate" gears, movin rod 17 to the left and meshing gears 155 an 156, on shafts 11 and 1.52 re spectively; and moving the pin to the leftliand end of slot 41, and thereby-moving lever 3 0 to the left, will throw in the high gea-rs, moving rod 17 to the right and engaging the two halve's of clutch 157.

Block 28 on the end of lever 26 isprovided with a lookin pin 5 0 which is normally pressed towar The pin projects from either the lower or the upper side of the block, accordin to its posit.io n, 'l being i'iorinally'4 forced y the spring to project from the under side; The face of sector 2 3 is provided with a series of apertures 52 in the path of'pin 50, the pin being normally forced intothese apertures on its 'passage over them. In the present inf stance there are three of these apertures, one to hold the lever at'each-end .of its move- .ment and one to hold it in its central or neutral position. In-each of these apertures is a loose pin 53 the in normally lying in the position shown in Fig. 4. These pins are' seeuredat their lower` ends to contact 'members 55 havin curved lower surfaces whiel1 project beow the inner overhangi face 56 of the sector. Bypressing upwa ly on one of these contact members the-pin can be forced to the position shown inthe center'ofFig. 5 and thus ll the aperture llush with the outer surface .of the sector ,and prevent the entranceof pin into tlie aperture or force the p in out if il ali-eaA 'y inserted-- Ordinarily it is not. de

.airedthatpin 50 shall enter the. central aperttuie ind lock the lever in its neutral posi- 4tion. 1 0' prevent this from ordinarily tala ing place central contact member is con` nected bypivot 57 to lever4 58. this lever liav'inga hookor. catch'59 on its other end which is engaged by a hook 60 to hold it .in auch a. ppsitioq as tJo normally hold the central xn 53 Vin th position shown. .When it is esired to allbw the change gear lever to be locked in its neutral position 1t is 'only neeessary tn move hook 60 to disengage hook 59, when pin-50 can be forced by its s ring into aperture. e movei the central or neutral 60 is aemplinhed through a sector 23 by a spring' 51.

connecting rod'61 and a button 62, the button being conveniently mounted on the dash or 'floor of the automobile. Hook, 60 is forced to its normal position, shown in F ig. 6 3, by a small spring1 G3 and is thus in readi ness to engage wit hook 59 whenever that hook is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3.' This movement is accomplished by a deu .vice which will now be explained.

t Mounted on the inside of lever 19 is a .small slider block 70 which carries a pivotV 2D'strikes the lower faces of Contact members- 55 on its passa e to the right in Fig. 5. A small bracket, 77, Whichalso supports the outer end of pivot '71, prevents the movement of the u per end of the pawl farther '5 toward-the le `in Fig. 5 than the siton shown; andga l78 resiliently al ows its movement in the other direction. The lower end'of the 'awl extended as at 79 for a pu se to hereinafter described. '30. "T e action of the parts' so far described is 'as follows; supposing the parts to bein the various ositionsshown in Fig. 5, lever 19 is move `toward the right at its upper end and the upper end of pawl 72 is forced into L contact with left4 hand contact piece 55. This forces pin 53 upwardly to the top of its aperture and forces pin 50 out of that aperture. In the meantime a member 8O non lever 19 has passed over theupper and outer end -of pin 50 and prevents the pin from being forced outwardly until aper-Y ture-8 1, reaches a position directly over the pin. The resultisvtliat, until the aperture reaches this position, 'pawl 72 is forced downwardly,` extending spring 78, While contact piece 55 and pins 50 and53 remain in their positions shown. When aperture 81 reaches its position over the pin springl '73 then 'forces pawl 72 and the pins up 5 '0 Vwardly, spring 7,3 being stronger than springv 51. The instant this is=done, the change ear lever is connected and locked t the c utch' lever `so that the change gear lever -willjbe .carriedwith the clutch lever 55 onv its further movement to the right.

Vhen pin reachesa position over right. handv 4aperture 452, pin 53 wlll have been forced up to-fill that aperturehy the action of pawl 72 on contact member 55. Just as 6 .hlock 28 reaches this position it comes into ycontact with npper end 85. of a spring messed lever v56,'rno'ving this llever so that its lower end 87 comes into contact: with V i end -88 of lever 89. This lever is M? idfnafilj.;held by spring 90'in the.' posisomewhere above en( tion shown. When block 28 strikes end 85 of lever 86 end 88 of lever 89 is forced downwardly and end 91 upwardly. At this time lower end79 of lpawl 72 is in a-position 91, end 79 haviugde scribed a path indicated by dotted line 92. End, 79 will be struck Vby end 91 and will be thrown around toward the left. Contact surface 75 of the pawl is so shaped that when this occurs contact piece will b e allowed to be pressed down by spring 51 pressing pin 50 into aperture 52 a ainst pin 53. Pin 50 will thus be allowe to enter a erture 52 and to leave aperture 81. The c utcli lever may then be allowed to move back to. its o ri nal position and thus allow the clutch to c ose. of the clutch lever 19 to its extreme position On the next movement toward'the right pawl 72 will engage with` contact piece .55 and press pin 50 out of aperture 52 in the manner before described.

It is allowed to do this without interference from the end 91 of lever 89 as that lever is' not actuated and is still in the position shown. When end of 87 of lever S6 `is movedtoward the left, it passes completely over V-shaped end 88 of lever 89, so that the lever 89 is allowed to assume its normal position after a momentary displacement. In l f passing back to its normal position, end. 87

of lever '86 will again pass. over V shaped end 88'of lever 89 and end 91 of that lev'er will again strike end 79 of pawl 72. But

this action necessarily takes place as the` i pawl, clutch lever 19and block 28 are mov ing toward the `left and after the lever has picked up the block; for lever 86 cannot.

move until block 28 is moved. On the. mov@ ment toward the left pawl 72 will not raise contact pieces 55 as it drags back over them."

On this account pin 50 will pass into the` first opened'aperture it encounters, which will usually be the left hand one in Fig.f,5.

However, if hook 60 is released, the pin can l be forced by springl into middle aperture 52 and the change gear lever be locked in its neutral position. If this be the casefn@l or neutral aperture without engaging therefwith. Thust e function of pawl 72 is to be' to unloc the change gear lever ona motion of the clutchllever in one directieY only; while the function of levers 86 and is to force the change gear leverv dropped, in its extreme handycgxtion '.65 member, .a locking member on the secondary in Fig-5 when thechange gear lever and clutch lever are moved to that posit-ion' tov Vscribed details in so faras other mechanical.

equivalents can be used in their places. The invention consists mainly of those features set forth at the beginning of this specification, and only secondarily in the minor fea tures particularly set forth in the latter part` thereof. 4

A I have shown and described a' clutch and change gear mechanism as ordinarily emloyedA in an automobile for the purpose for lllustratin and vdescribing my invention so as to ren er clear its construction and operation. But I am aware that construc- .tions have been heretofore made fcn the gen eral purpose of operating the change gear mechanism and the clutch in timed relation,

. there having been in use. genera-l inter-con nectin means between thetwo mechanisms where y the clutch is disconnected whenever the operating levers 'are moved to change the gea-ring connections in the trans? mission mechanism. For this reason I consider my -invention t be restricted to my 'peculiar and distinctive form of mechanism for accomplishing these actions; but I do not thereby consider that my invention is of a limited character as generally understood.- Following this idea I have restricted the claims to my distinctive mechanism in differentiation from claims which. would cover the general combination of a'clutch,

a change gear mechanism and an intercon-4 mechanism adapted to be moved by the manually operable member, locking means on the secondary mechanism, locking means on the stationary frame and on the manually operable member each adapted to coperate with the locking means on the secondary mechanism, and a lock actuating mechanism actuated by the movement of the manually operable member with relation to the frame.

2. A mechanism of' the character described, comprising a stationary'frame, a manually operable member mounted on the frame, a secondary mechanism adapted to be operated. from the manually operable .mechanism, a locking'membcr in the frame. and the manually operable member respec' tively and adapted to each coperate with the locking member on the secondary mechanism, and lock actuating. means actuated by the movement of the manually operable member on the frame.

3. A mechanism of the character described, comprising a4 manually operable lever, a secondary lever, a locking pin on the secondary lever, a stationary member provided `with an aperture for engagement by the locking pin, means to normally force the pin into the aperture', there being an aperture in the manually operable lever, and means on the manually operable lever to force the pin out of the aperture in 4the stationary member and into the aperture in the manually operable lever.

4. A` mechanism of the character -described, comprising4 a manually operable lever, a secondary lever, a locking pin on the secondary lever, a stationary member providedvvitli-anv aperture for engagement .by the locking pin, means to normally force the' pin into the aperture, there being an aperture .in the manually operable lever, and means on the manually operable lever to force the pin out of the aperture in the stationary member and into vthe aperture in the manually operable lever when vthe lever is moved in one-.dii-ection. l

5. A- mechanism of the character described, comprising a manually operable lever, a secondary lever, a spring actuated locking pin o'n the secondary lever, a stationary sector over which the secondary lever travels, the sector having apertures into which the locking pin is spring pressed, pins in the sector apertures adapted to till these apertures flush Awith the sector surface but normally lying below'that surface, a member on the manually Operable lever having an aperture'for engagement by the locking pin, and means on the manually operable lever for moving the sector pins to completely fill the sector apertures.

. 6. A mechanism of the character de i scribed, comprising a stationary frame hav- 'ing an aperture therein, a manually operable member having an aperture therein, a secondary member, a locking-pin on the Vsecondary member adapted for entry into the apertures on the frame and the manually `operable member, 4and means operated by thev movement of the manually operable member. and means operated by the movement of the manually operable, member to operate the locking pin.

7. A mechanism of the character described, 'comprising a stationary sector having a plurality of apertures in its periphery,

a secondary lever having a block on its end i adapted to travel over the peri he ofthe sector, a spring pressed pin in e b ock and adapted to enter the seater apertures, a. manually operalile lever, und means on the man ually operable lever :nul actuated by the movements `thereof to force the pin out of the sector apertures.

8. A mechanism of the character cle scribed, comprising a. stationary sector having a plurality of apertures in its periphery, movable plugs for the apertures a secondary lever having u-block on its end and adapted to travel over the periphery of the sector, a spring pressed pin outbe block und adapted to enter thc. sector apertures, a manually operable lever having an extension adapted to travel over the block and havin en aperture Atherein for entry of the pm in the block, and means on the manually -operable lever and actuated by the movement thereof to move the plugs in the apertures to force the pin out of the sector apertures and into the aperture in the extension on the man ually operable lever.

9. A. mechanism of the character described, comprising a stationary sector having e plurality of apertures in its periphery, movable plugs in the apertures, a secondary lever, a pin carried by the secondary lever and adapted to enter the sector apertures, means tonormally press the pins into the apertures, a manually .operable lever having au aperture adapted to receive the pin, and means mounted on the manually operable lever to engage with the movable plugs and force the pin out of the apertures on the movement of the manually operable lever in one direction. v

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 4th day of January 1910.

GERALD A. EDDY.

W itnesses:

JAMES T. Bmmmw, JAB. H. BALLAGH. 

